RFE/RL Russia Report
2/1/2011 4:35:48 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about domestic and foreign-policy developments in Russia.
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Kirov Police In Trouble Over Leaflets
Local authorities in the Russian city of Kirov have had to apologize after leaflets were distributed recommending people avoid behavior that might "provoke sniper attacks" during an upcoming visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. More 
Russia Begins To Remember A Different Yeltsin
A statue has been unveiled of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who died in 2007, deeply unpopular among many Russians who blamed him for the hardship and humiliation they suffered in the 1990s. More Russian police detained several dozen people at anti-Kremlin rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg today as they tried to protest against limits to freedom of assembly. More 
Interview: Browder Sees 'Tipping Point' In Western Attitudes To Russia
Once one of the Kremlin's biggest public supporters, Bill Browder is now spearheading a campaign to enact international sanctions against 60 Russian officials after a lawyer for his firm, Sergei Magnitsky, died in prison last year. More 
Russia: Bomber Was From Caucasus
Russia's federal Investigative Committee say the Domodedovo airport suicide bombing was carried out by a 20-year-old man from the Caucasus and was particularly aimed at killing foreigners. More 
'The Blender,' RFE/RL's New Weekly Podcast
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It May Be Too Late For A New North Caucasus Policy
Faced with the galloping jihadization in the region, Russian experts are ever more frequently calling for a new state policy for the North Caucasus. Such calls are misguided insofar there can be no one-size-fits-all set of measures, only individually tailored solutions for specific republics. More 
Kasparov: Attack Shows Putin 'Failed'
Russian opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov says the recent terrorist bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport shows the weakness of Russian authorities. He said that although Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came to power as a result of an antiterrorism campaign, he has failed to solve the problem of terrorism in Russia. More 
Was Daghestan Jamaat Behind Domodedovo Bombing?
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly blast at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. But Russian media have floated the idea that the suicide bomber was linked to the Daghestan wing of the North Caucasus insurgency, whose leader warned last October that his men would continue to "inflict horrors on the unbelievers" on their own territory. More 
Friends, Family Mourn Talented Ukrainian Playwright Killed In Moscow Bombing
Anna Yablonska, a promising Ukrainian playwright, was one of the victims of this week's bombing at Domodedovo airport. Yablonska had arrived in Moscow to pick up a literary prize when she was killed along with 34 other people. More 
Fear And Familiarity In Moscow After New Attack
Nervous Muscovites see police on the streets once again, in the shadow of yet another deadly terror attack. More 
Georgia Offers Russian-Language Alternative To Kremlin TV
Georgia begins broadcasts of a new Russian-language television station that seeks to bring balanced news about the Caucasus to Russian-speaking countries around the world. The director of the Kanal PIK station says the move is meant to shed light on the strategically important region of the Caucasus by breaking the Kremlin's near-monopoly on coverage. More 
Your Responses: 'What Boorishness...It Is To Talk Politics When People Are Dying!'
Russians have reacted with shock and grief to the tragic terrorist bombing of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on January 24. Here we present translations of some of the comments left on the website of RFE/RL’s Russian Service and other popular Russian-language websites. More |
